Seth McGowan

Former running back at Kentucky. 2025: 725 rushing yards, 12 rushing TD, 19 catches.

RB · Kentucky · Sr. · #3

6′1″ · 215 lb · Mesquite, TX

CFB Index 61 · #63 of 326 RBsHigh confidenceDrafted by Indianapolis — Rd 7, Pick 21, #237 overall

The numbers

725

rushing yards · 2025

12 TD · 4.4 per carry · 19 catches

Backed by 17 car · 72 yds · 3 TD -- top 1% rushing TDs game. -- Best game: 93 rush yds, 2 TD, 5 rec yds, vs Ole Miss

The play that turned itSwung New Mexico State from 39% to 81% to win.Liberty at New Mexico State · 30-24

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Kentucky. 2025: 725 rushing yards, 12 rushing TD, 19 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Oklahoma in 2020.
Transferred from New Mexico State to Kentucky in 2025.
Drafted round 7 by the Indianapolis in 2026.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Does a little of everything without one standout trait.

TD rate: 76th percentile.

The full scouting read

How it ended

Three seasons at Kentucky, 1,908 rushing yards — drafted at #237 overall by Indianapolis.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

20206 games

Signed with Oklahoma4-star out of Poteet

2021

Entered the portal

202412 games

All-Conference USAsecond

202511 games

Entered the portal

2026

Drafted by Indianapolisround 7, pick 237

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#134 national

CFB

College

3 teams

2020–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #237

Indianapolis · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 2ND TEAM

All-Conference USA 2nd team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2025

1 coach

2020

Mark Stoops

Kentucky

2024–2025

Mark Stoops

Kentucky

Played his entire career under Mark Stoops.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Indianapolis2026 NFL rookie season

#237Rd 7 · Pick 21

Indianapolis2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Oklahoma9-2HC: Lincoln Riley · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2024New Mexico State3-9HC: Tony Sanchez · Run-heavy

2025Kentucky5-7HC: Mark Stoops · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

61Quality starter #63 of 326?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (94th percentile). Strength: carries (85th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (22nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#110 / 456 · 76th pct

4.4%

Success rate#137 / 456 · 70th pct

47.8%

EPA / carry#248 / 456 · 46th pct

0.09

Yards / carry#321 / 456 · 30th pct

4.5

Explosive rate#355 / 456 · 22nd pct

3.8%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#19 / 349 · 94th pct

Carries#53 / 349 · 85th pct

165

Rush yards#84 / 349 · 76th pct

725

Receptions#77 / 338 · 75th pct

Rec yards#112 / 338 · 67th pct

126

Fumbles lost#55 / 201 · 49th pct

Yards / carry#241 / 349 · 29th pct

4.4

Long run#308 / 349 · 11th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

50th → 46th percentile

Success rate

62nd → 70th percentile

Explosive rate

66th → 22nd percentile

Yards / carry

53rd → 30th percentile

TD rate

17th → 76th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

159 carries

13%

Stuffed (≤0)

30%

Grind (1–3)

49%

Chunk (4–9)

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	80.7	4.6	1.8
Road5g	48.2	3.7	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	86.2	5.4	1.4
Weeks 8+6g	49.0	3.2	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Stein

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

61 · #63 of 326 RBs

Former four-star. Now #63 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Kentucky	165	725	4.4	12	--
2024	New Mexico State	153	813	5.3	3	--
2020	Oklahoma	58	370	6.4	3	--
Career		376	1,908	5.1	18	--

Season	Team
2025	Kentucky	19	126	6.6	0	--
2024	New Mexico State	23	277	12.0	3	--
2020	Oklahoma	13	201	15.5	1	--
Career		55	604	11.0	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2025

W 10–3

at Auburn

53 rush yds (21 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With A. Laros — 44 AVG · 6 IN 20 · 57 LONG · C. Boley — 161 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 60.5 · 7 rush yds (6 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 10 · Auburn · 2&15 · Q2 · EPA +2.78(13:38) No Huddle-Shotgun #3 S.McGowan rush right for 18 yards gain to the AUB33 (#5 J.Robinson), 1ST DOWN
Week 2 · Ole Miss · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.74Seth McGowan run for 9 yds for a TD (Jacob Kauwe KICK)
Week 2 · Ole Miss · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.68Seth McGowan run for 8 yds for a TD (Jacob Kauwe KICK)
Week 5 · South Carolina · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.62Seth McGowan run for 20 yds for a TD
Week 3 · Eastern Michigan · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.53Seth McGowan run for 12 yds for a TD (Jacob Kauwe KICK)
Week 1 · Toledo · 2&5 · Q4 · EPA +2.45Seth McGowan run for 6 yds for a TD (Jacob Kauwe KICK)
Week 3 · Eastern Michigan · 2&4 · Q3 · EPA +2.37Seth McGowan run for 8 yds for a TD (Jacob Kauwe KICK)
Week 3 · Eastern Michigan · 2&4 · Q1 · EPA +2.33Seth McGowan run for 4 yds for a TD (Jacob Kauwe KICK)
Week 11 · Florida · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA +2.33(07:51) Shotgun #3 S.McGowan rush middle for 4 yards gain to the UF46 (#34 G.Gumbs Jr.), 1ST DOWN
Week 8 · Texas · 3&2 · Q1 · EPA +2.29Cutter Boley pass complete to Seth McGowan for 15 yds to the UK 48 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 24-16vs Toledo	18	78	4.3	1	7
Wk 2	L 23-30vs Ole Miss	15	93	6.2	2	18
Wk 3	W 48-23vs Eastern Michigan	18	104	5.8	3	17	3 rushing TDs
Wk 5	L 13-35@ South Carolina	17	112	6.6	1	20	Season-high 112 yds
Wk 6	L 14-35@ Georgia	11	44	4.0	0	7
Wk 8	L 13-16vs Texas	14	45	3.2	0	7
Wk 10	W 10-3@ Auburn	21	53	2.5	0	18
Wk 11	W 38-7vs Florida	22	92	4.2	2	11
Wk 12	W 42-10vs Tennessee Tech	17	72	4.2	3	12	3 rushing TDs
Wk 13	L 17-45@ Vanderbilt	10	27	2.7	0	9
Wk 14	L 0-41@ Louisville	2	5	2.5	0	3
Total		165	725	4.2	12	20

How he plays

Play style

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

159Carries

709Yards

12.8%Top-5 share

13.2%Stuffed rate

Just 12.8% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 13.2% of his carries. 2 carries for 5 yds vs Louisville; 17 for 112 vs South Carolina.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

checked · no story

40.8%Carry share

30.2%Q4-lead share

75.0%In competitive games

40.8% of carries overall (162/397) → 30.2% of Q4-with-lead carries (16/53) — 75.0% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

9/17Inside-5 share

9 of the team's 17 inside-the-5 carries (52.9%).